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Game Preview: PIT @ ATL, 7:00pm, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 @Turner Field

Pirates, 26-31, 5th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Ross Ohlendorf (26, RHP, 5-5, 4.85)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-5) 65.0 66 36 35 20 33 11 4.85
2008 (1-4) 62.2 86 49 45 31 49 10 6.46
2007 (0-0) 6.1 5 2 2 2 9 1 2.84
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.0 44 27 26 14 23 9 5.85 44
2009-06-04 NYM ND 4.1 9 5 5 3 1 1 84 23
2009-05-29 HOU L 5.0 8 4 4 3 5 1 97 37
2009-05-23 @CHW L 7.2 6 4 3 2 4 2 114 55
2009-05-18 @WSN W 5.0 6 5 5 3 1 2 91 33
2009-05-13 STL W 6.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 88 69
2009-05-07 @STL L 6.0 7 5 5 1 5 1 84 42
2009-05-02 CIN W 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 86 48
Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:   11-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  19-24   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast: 11-6    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Mon, Jun  8  @ATL  L   6-7 (15)  26-31  5th  7.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @HOU  L   4-6       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @HOU  W   6-4       26-29  5th  6.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @HOU  L   1-9       25-29  5th  6.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4   NYM  W  11-6       25-28  5th  5.5 gb
 52 Tue, Jun  2   NYM  W   3-1       24-28  5th  6.0 gb
 51 Mon, Jun  1   NYM  W   8-5       23-28  5th  7.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 31   HOU  L   1-2       22-28  5th  8.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 30   HOU  W   7-4       22-27  5th  7.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 29   HOU  L   1-6       21-27  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Braves, 28-28, 3rd, 5½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (36, RHP, 6-3, 3.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-3) 76.2 67 31 29 24 45 2 3.40
2008 (14-11) 211.0 194 84 76 45 147 14 3.24
2007 (12-14) 199.1 194 100 86 59 147 20 3.88
Last 7 GS 4-2 47.2 43 21 19 12 20 1 3.59 53
2009-06-03 CHC ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 101 61
2009-05-28 @ARI L 7.0 10 5 3 0 2 0 100 43
2009-05-23 TOR W 7.1 5 2 2 2 2 0 97 60
2009-05-18 COL L 8.0 3 2 2 1 3 0 110 70
2009-05-11 @NYM W 6.2 5 2 2 2 1 0 95 55
2009-05-06 @FLA W 5.0 7 6 6 3 5 1 102 31
2009-05-01 HOU W 6.2 8 2 2 2 3 0 112 51
Last 5 v.PIT 5-0 32.2 24 14 11 9 23 5 3.03 58
2008-09-16 @PIT W 7.0 5 1 1 0 3 0 97 66
2007-06-04 @PIT W 7.2 3 4 4 1 6 2 91 62
2006-04-13 @PIT W 6.0 6 4 2 3 5 1 107 50
2005-09-25 PIT W 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 94 55
2005-08-05 @PIT W 6.0 5 3 2 2 5 1 97 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-15   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  15-20   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Mon, Jun  8   PIT  W   7-6 (15)  28-28  3rd  5.5 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  7   MIL  W   8-7       27-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 54 Sat, Jun  6   MIL  L   0-3       26-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 53 Fri, Jun  5   MIL  L   0-4       26-27  3rd  6.0 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3   CHC  L   2-3 (11)  26-26  3rd  5.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   CHC  W   6-5 (12)  26-25  3rd  4.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 31  @ARI  W   9-3       25-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 30  @ARI  L   2-3 (11)  24-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 29  @ARI  W  10-6       24-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 28  @ARI  L   2-5       23-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 08, 2009 ATL  7  PIT  6 (15)   W:Kris Medlen (2-2), L: Jeff Karstens (2-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 ATL 11 @PIT  1        W:Javier Vazquez (1-1), L: Zach Duke (2-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 PIT 10  ATL  0        W:Ian Snell (1-2), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 PIT  3  ATL  0        W:Paul Maholm (2-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (2-1), S: Matt Capps (3)

Mon, May 12, 2008 ATL  8 @PIT  1        W:Tim Hudson (6-2), L: John Van Benschoten (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2008 PIT  5  ATL  0        W:Zach Duke (2-2), L: Jair Jurrjens (4-3), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 PIT  5  ATL  2        W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-3), L: Chuck James (2-2), S: Matt Capps (9)
Fri, May 09, 2008 PIT  3  ATL  2        W:John Grabow (2-1), L: Jeff Bennett (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 PIT  4 @ATL  3 (10)   W:Tyler Yates (1-0), L: Chris Resop (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 ATL 10  PIT  2        W:Jair Jurrjens (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - PIT won 5-2; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - PIT leads 1075-997

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2009 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.72

FLA  4.58

SEA  3.77

RA/G

LAD  3.78

KCR  4.71

WSN  5.96

BA

J. Bartlett  .373

C. Kotchman  .277

C. Young  .178

OBP

K. Youkilis  .470

N. Markakis  .349

D. Navarro  .231

SLG

R. Ibanez  .676

C. Crawford  .449

J. Kendall  .265

OPS

A. Pujols  1.116

H. Matsui  .795

D. Navarro  .528

ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

J. Beckett  4.09

F. Carmona  7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.29

B. Myers  6.50

J. Garland  3.65

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Pirates Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
48.Hanson
G/S/vB
11.Kawakami
G/S/vB
54.Medlen
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/40 .311/.338/.410/.748 .589/.857 .910 40/.578 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP 24/.619 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 5/1.400 93/77 .284/.376/.407/.784 .904/.758 .767 33/1.006 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 114/98 .267/.351/.396/.747 .650/.763 .739 59/.692 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 11/.455 3/2.667 5/.400 5/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 231/169 .246/.346/.457/.804 .614/.879 .624 101/.866 1/1 7/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 208/166 .302/.374/.418/.791 .826/.783 .776 93/.900 2/0 2/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 26/23 .400/.423/.600/1.023 .000/1.160 1.000 26/1.023 1/0 0/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP 13/.616 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 76/35 .225/.276/.380/.657 .764/.532 .573 38/.632 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 245/188 .262/.340/.333/.674 .392/.760 .687 97/.565 12/7 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 171/145 .255/.298/.360/.658 .471/.693 .503 75/.797 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 15/.266 1/.000 7/.453 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 245/183 .311/.352/.478/.831 .701/.875 .796 112/.761 4/1 4/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 94/81 .263/.362/.275/.637 1.115/.564 .619 25/.920 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 14/.594 3/.333 7/.572 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 142/110 .274/.298/.400/.698 .679/.703 .745 86/.767 1/1 1/5
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 71/46 .313/.380/.359/.740 .708/.757 .645 48/.650 1/0 0/1
IP 76.2 8.2 26.0 26.0 6.0 64.1 17.1 21.2 21.1 26.2 TOTAL .266/.332/.396/.728 .660/.751 .688 .741 31/11 33/24
ERA-K/9 3.40/5.3 2.08/6.2 2.77/6.2 2.77/11.8 9.00/7.5 4.62/7.1 5.19/9.4 5.40/7.9 2.95/5.9 1.01/12.1 4.04/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 318/.238 34/.194 122/.317 114/.221 26/.240 281/.269 73/.197 100/.272 83/.231 103/.169 .253
OPS .638 .587 .770 .699 .909 .812 .572 .727 .559 .495 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.460 13/.397 54/.740 37/.896 11/.455 129/.730 32/.598 41/.808 38/.542 46/.571 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.796 21/.707 68/.793 77/.583 15/1.262 152/.884 41/.550 59/.672 45/.573 57/.434 .735
Home 156/.628 20/.712 66/.752 57/.829 26/.909 178/.694 29/.607 65/.772 48/.653 56/.363
Last 28d days 114/.549 34/.587 48/.579 53/.763 26/.909 128/.707 73/.572 46/.932 37/.724 41/.507
HR/SB/CS 2/3/2 1/0/0 0/3/1 2/3/2 3/1/0 6/4/4 0/0/1 0/4/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 36/28/23
Usage ·····X·· X··o··o· oX···X·· oX···XX· ·X······ X·····X· X······· o·X··oo· oooo·o·· X·X···X·
Braves Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
17.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
58.Jackson
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 138/99 .254/.290/.357/.647 .844/.567 .594 81/.734 1/0 2/2
1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/8 .000/.091/.000/.091 .000/.125 .091 11/.091 1/0 0/1
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 115/59 .277/.357/.426/.782 .771/.792 .792 39/.813 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 218/148 .289/.352/.433/.785 .701/.821 .721 83/.736 2/1 5/7
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB 230/158 .243/.275/.341/.616 .680/.587 .718 89/.535 2/1 4/0
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/18 .143/.172/.179/.351 .273/.399 .397 29/.351 0/0 0/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 207/143 .241/.304/.412/.716 .934/.620 .805 93/.742 2/2 5/4
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 6/.900 ··· 3/.333 193/132 .331/.451/.567/1.018 1.267/.895 .992 80/1.211 1/1 8/8
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 153/98 .310/.412/.527/.939 .697/1.070 .885 79/.974 2/1 6/2
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 215/142 .258/.349/.473/.822 .915/.771 .894 99/.778 9/0 10/0
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/35 .121/.326/.182/.507 .804/.430 .458 16/.479 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 110/57 .273/.333/.424/.758 .822/.700 .703 67/.674 0/1 2/1
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 4/2.750 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 80/55 .284/.392/.493/.885 .724/.963 .639 23/.648 0/0 3/0
IP 65.0 26.0 18.2 25.2 25.0 5.0 20.2 TOTAL .258/.333/.391/.724 .754/.709 .708 .691 17/9 43/34
ERA-K/9 4.85/4.6 2.77/6.2 5.30/5.8 2.81/7.4 3.96/6.5 5.40/1.8 3.48/5.7 4.36/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 274/.270 106/.182 85/.329 104/.245 115/.289 22/.176 94/.216 .265
OPS .802 .628 .838 .668 .760 .540 .721 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.893 46/.575 37/.816 42/.446 31/.722 9/.476 35/.732 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.726 60/.666 48/.856 62/.819 84/.776 13/.585 59/.713 .758
Road 133/.844 67/.667 28/.613 60/.776 68/.788 11/.920 52/.833
Last 28d days 121/.893 48/.650 39/.855 54/.727 40/.462 22/.540 52/.773
HR/SB/CS 11/1/4 2/3/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 1/3/0 49/36/14
Usage ····X··· X··oX··o ··o···oX oo·XX··· o·X···o· oX··X··o X··X····

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.